Chapter 70 Reward
The players in the crowd were envious of Guo Hao who was surrounded and comforted by the generals. It was usually not easy for them to talk to these people, but Guo Hao ignored the generals.
Comparing yourself with others can really make you angry.
A player wearing heavy armor said, "Who can blame him for being so powerful? All of us combined are not as tall as one of him."
The first player to speak was Li Lan, who was ranked fourth. With his shield soldiers, he helped Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo hold out for several days without being defeated. Therefore, he had made many contributions and ranked before Li Changsheng.
"There's no need to say something that everyone knows!" Sima Bozhong, also known as Sima Fang, who was ranked second on the list, said with a wry smile.
He infiltrated the Sima family and relied on the family power of the Sima family, but in the end he was no match for Guo Hao. He was truly desperate.
He even studied the Sima family classics and understood better what the golden light that Guo Hao had seen on the battlefield before was.
That is a talent that only first-rate people can possess. There are only three people in their Sima family who have it, and they are all civil officials.
He has just managed to get his intelligence above 60, which is still a long way from second-rate, let alone first-rate.
"What should we do next? Should we make contact with him?" asked Liu Shaocai, who was third in line. The nine of them had known each other for a long time in the army, and they planned to unite and occupy a place independently.
With the merits of these nine people, there is a high probability that their influence will cover an entire state. If the plan goes smoothly, they can also become warlords.
They are not willing to be inferior to others. Following Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and others sounds good, but it is really difficult for them to integrate into this world. They do not want to work under NPCs.
If their strength was not enough to support them as a force, they would not be willing to unite.
Regardless of their ulterior motives, it must be said that their plan is indeed feasible. Occupying a state for development before the chaos begins is indeed a good choice.
As for what happens next, they all have absolute confidence in themselves.
Li Changsheng, who was the fifth, shook his head. "His base is Liangzhou. He will definitely not participate in our plan. We should not make any unexpected changes."
He had some understanding of Guo Hao and directly rejected Liu Shaocai's proposal. If Guo Hao deliberately made trouble, they would not be able to bear it.
They all saw the exchange shop. Their total net worth was only enough to exchange for two recruitment orders, but Guo Hao could exchange them all. In comparison, it was obvious who was stronger and who was weaker.
More than a dozen generals and counselors can indeed suppress Guo Hao, but they are only partners and each has his own ulterior motives. How can they compete with Guo Hao?
"The activities in the world are almost done, we have to work harder." Sima Bozhong looked at the people who seemed to be in harmony but were actually at odds, and finally couldn't help but say something.
Everyone's heart trembled, and they couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. They understood Sima Bozhong's meaning, but they still couldn't make up their minds.
As time went on, the reward ceremony finally began. Liu Hong sat high on the throne, quietly waiting for the arrival of the heroes.
According to regulations, all personnel involved in the awarding of rewards could go directly to the imperial city from outside Luoyang City, and most of the residents in the city would line the streets to welcome them.
This was an honor for all those who were awarded. Even a young man from a prominent family like Yuan Shao seemed a little excited and couldn't stop smiling the entire time.
After finally reaching the main hall, they went through another rather complicated ritual. Listening to the Huangmen Order being read out, all the players felt miserable.
This terrible feeling, which was like returning to campus and listening to the leader's speech, made each of them have to force a smile. They really didn't expect that there were so many procedures.
Liu Bei and others were very excited, and Liu Bei had one more thing to do than them. He had to trace his ancestors and verify his royal identity.
By the time I saw Liu Hong, most of the time had passed and the sky had turned dark.
The lights in the hall were brightly on. Liu Hong sat on the throne, listening to Zhang Rang reading out the generals' merits sentence by sentence.
Only at this time could he feel comfortable and even his face looked rosy.
When it was finally time to reward the players, Guo Hao was placed last. After hearing that the rewards for the first nine players were all in Jizhou, Guo Hao finally realized the gap was a problem.
"Could it be that these guys have made an agreement to occupy Jizhou?" Guo Hao glanced at Yuan Shao out of the corner of his eye. It was obvious that Yuan Shao didn't know where his future territory would be.
Although the system no longer blocks the secrets, there are still only a few players who can see a group of historical figures, and most players are still among the rangers and squad leaders.
The high-end players also reached a tacit consensus among themselves. They did not say anything outside, and they also told Huangfu Song a lot of things about Dong Zhuo, in order to give Dong Zhuo an advantage in dominating the court in advance and to buy them time to develop.
Finally, it was Guo Hao's turn to be conferred the title. Everyone in the court perked up as they had all been waiting for this moment.
The emperor and the general, meritorious ministers and relatives, party members and eunuchs, all kinds of forces had their own thoughts and were waiting for Zhang Rang to read out the rewards in the imperial edict.
"Liangzhou Guo Pengju killed the Yellow Turban rebel leader Zhang Jiao and made contributions to the country. He is now named Guannei Hou, the third-rank general who pacifies bandits, and the governor of Beiliang County."
For a moment, all the ministers were in an uproar. There was no change in the emperor's reward. Could it be that the emperor could not even control the general now?
Liu Hong's face was gloomy. Liu Xie encountered an assassin in the harem. If it were not for the imperial teacher Wang Yue's intervention, Liu Xie would probably have died.
Although the assassin was a Yellow Turban rebel, Liu Hong knew that this was a resistance by He Jin or the forces behind Crown Prince Liu Bian.
The title of a third-rank general who pacifies bandits sounds good, but in reality he is just a third-rank general of miscellaneous titles, and it can be said that he has no real power at all.
Even a person like Cao Cao who was not very knowledgeable was given this official title, not to mention others. Liu Bei was even granted the title of marquis as an exception because of his status as a royal relative.
Official positions in the Han Dynasty can be roughly divided into several levels. The first-rank general is in charge of all military and national affairs.
The second-rank General of Cavalry, General of Chariots and Cavalry, and General of Guards are basically of the same rank as the Three Dukes.
Apart from some special positions such as the General of the Central Army and the General of the Upper Army, the next ones are the Four Expeditions (Expedition to the East, Expedition to the South, Expedition to the West, Expedition to the North), Four Towns, Four Ans and Four Pings.
Cao Cao's dream was to become a General who Conquers the West. Because of the special meaning of Huo Qubing, the title of General of Cavalry was basically not given, and the same went for the General of Guards.
Therefore, Xiangru and Huangfu Song were all Generals of Chariots and Cavalry, but they were divided into left and right, which was essentially the same position.
In ancient times, the left was respected, so the Left Cavalry General was only slightly higher, but in essence they were of the same level.
It can be said that Guo Hao’s reward was basically a guaranteed minimum, and probably more than half of it was withheld.
